At the same time, it's not just the two of them who are enjoying the moment – there's one more.

……

20 minutes before the start of the collision, inside a cabin.

"......" Conan held his mobile phone and his other hand on the frame of his glasses, looking at his surroundings quite vigilantly.

He was asked out by a letter from Ayumi that wanted him to come out and talk to her.

But the problem is that it is not Ayumi's handwriting, and the pen is a mechanical pencil - although some schools allow elementary school students to use mechanical pencils, but Teitan Elementary School is not among them (author: In fact, there seem to be many elementary schools that do not allow the use of mechanical pencils, and the interview with the people gave many reasons, such as affecting the mastery of the pen holding posture, unable to control the strength of writing, etc.) It is difficult for a child who is used to using a pencil to use a mechanical pencil fluently in this way.

Moreover, the grammar in it is not something that a child of Ayumi's level can master...... In short, although this letter is written in Ayumi's tone, it doesn't look like it came from her.

So, who wrote this, and what exactly did that person write this letter to him for?

With this subtle vigilance, Conan continued to walk slowly through the hatch - his footsteps were crisp and unhurried, so that any movement that was trying to fish in troubled waters mixed in with his footsteps could be exposed as much as possible.

It's almost at the agreed position, which means that if someone really plans to lure him over and attack him, then he will basically start on this part of the road.

However, at this moment, some subtle voices came from his ears.

Is that...... A girl's wheezing?

Frowning slightly, Conan pulled out a small ball from his pocket - it was a firework bomb he had just asked for from the doctor, and it had a time-delay lighting effect as long as the mechanism was triggered.

With a flick of the finger, the ball flew out. A few seconds later, the view of the front hatch was unobstructed by the illumination of fireworks.

"Ahh A panicked girl's voice rang out - there was no doubt that the voice belonged to Ayumi. However, there is only Ayumi's voice here...... Is there no one else, or is that person mentally prepared for it and therefore not intimidated?

The next second, the answer was revealed, because Ayumi ran out in a panic like that, and received no resistance.

It seems that Ayumi is indeed here, and indeed there is no coercion, so is that strange letter really from her? But how did she come up with such a letter?

"Ke...... Conan? "At this time, Ayumi, who had come back from her surprise, had already found out." You...... You made that just now? ”

"Uh......" Conan twitched the corners of his mouth, then turned on the flashlight on his watch. That one...... It's ...... me."

At this time, Ayumi was obviously frightened, and even the corners of her eyes were already glistening with tears - there was no doubt that this was a good thing that Conan had just done without any advance warning.

"Are you alright?" Conan was concerned. "I'm sorry, I ...... I couldn't see the road clearly, so I threw a firework bomb to light it. ”

"I didn't ...... It's okay......" Ayumi's tears had already fallen, shaking her head with a slight cry. "It's okay......"

"Ah......" Conan had a bad look on his face before he remembered what was going on. That one...... Did you write that letter and call me out? ”

"Yes...... Yes......" Ayumi was clearly already trying to stop the crying. "Yes...... I called you out. ”

"You wrote that letter too?" Conan continued—this was the thing he didn't understand the most, because he couldn't imagine how such a letter could have been written by a child.

"That letter is ......," Ayumi shook her head again. I asked a waitress sister to write ......"

"Why do you want to ask the waitress sister to write it?" Conan frowned slightly. "That sister wrote...... It was a little weird, so I was a little nervous when I came. ”

"Conan-kun," Ayumi had already suppressed her crying, but her voice was still a little out of tune. "That...... Can I invite you along? ”

"Huh?" Conan was stunned.

"Invite you to ......" At this, Ayumi became a little nervous, and her hands were clenched. We invite you to come and see Sameklevi! ”

"Uh," Conan froze. "But isn't the movie theater already on-"

"I found a nice place!" Ayumi shook her head vigorously. "A great place to see the stars, so I want to watch it with you!"

"And ...... I? Conan pointed to himself in disbelief.

"Hmm!" Ayumi began to nod vigorously again. "Yes!"

"Hmm......" Conan hesitated. Why don't we call everybody? ”

"Don't!" Ayumi immediately refused. "I just want to watch it with you Conan!"

At this time, the expression on Ayumi's face changed again, if she had gradually recovered from crying before, her expression had once again appeared to feel like she was about to cry.

"Don't, don't, don't ......," Conan felt like a daddy coaxing a baby. I'll accompany! I'll look at the stars with you! ”

……

Ayumi admits that she played a little trick - and although she did get scared, she did play a little trick on Conan.

Conan is a very good boy, so he won't be fooled by shoddy scams that might be able to trick Mitsuhiko and Motota. But...... What if it's a flaw that doesn't seem deliberate and seems to be hard to spot? As a boy with a very sharp mind, Conan would definitely be able to spot the problem, and wouldn't think it was a flaw she could come up with.

The key to creating such a flaw that Conan didn't think Ayumi could create was to allow Ayumi to create a flaw that she couldn't make - in other words, it would be enough to have someone more knowledgeable than her make the flaw.

If you want to do this without causing confusion to others, you need to create flaws in a way that makes sense and natural. If, for example, every flaw in the lines is desperately calling out to the person reading the letter, "I am flawed!" So nine times out of ten, people like Conan won't be fooled. But if every flaw is perfectly integrated into the whole article, so that it is not like concocting an article full of mistakes to show these flaws, but showing some flaws in the process of writing an article naturally, then Conan may be deceived.

So, Ayumi asks a waitress and asks her to write a high-level invitation to a favorite person of the opposite sex in her style with a mechanical pencil that Ayumi doesn't use.